The state government said that the participating households will produce a total of 250 megawatts of electricity, which is half as much energy produced by a normal coal-fired power station.

The Independent UK reported that Tesla boss Elon Musk has agreed to build the world’s largest virtual power plant. This is another big project after Tesla, Neoen and the South Australian government made the largest lithium-ion battery, also located in South Australia.

Tesla will be rolling out solar panels and Tesla batteries to 50,000 South Australian homes. This is how it works – it will be rolled out and completed over the next 4 years and all of the excess energy stored in each battery will be fed back to the grid to provide power to the rest of South Australia whenever needed.

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